OKLAHOMA.
_August 14, 1906_.

[Illustration: HOW THE BOOK WAS MADE]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

INTRODUCTORY xi

PART I

_The Apaches_

I. ORIGIN OF THE APACHE INDIANS 3

II. SUBDIVISIONS OF THE APACHE TRIBE 12

III. EARLY LIFE 17

IV. TRIBAL AMUSEMENTS, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS 26

V. THE FAMILY 35

PART II

_The Mexicans_

VI. KAS-KI-YEH 43

VII. FIGHTING UNDER DIFFICULTIES 55

VIII. RAIDS THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL 69

IX. VARYING FORTUNES 79

X. OTHER RAIDS 86

XI. HEAVY FIGHTING 98

XII. GERONIMO'S MIGHTIEST BATTLE 105

PART III

_The White Men_

XIII. COMING OF THE WHITE MEN 113

XIV. GREATEST OF WRONGS 116

XV. REMOVALS 126

XVI. IN PRISON AND ON THE WARPATH 131

XVII. THE FINAL STRUGGLE 139

XVIII. SURRENDER OF GERONIMO 148

XIX. A PRISONER OF WAR 177

PART IV

_The Old and the New_

XX. UNWRITTEN LAWS OF THE APACHES 185

XXI. AT THE WORLD'S FAIR 197

XXII. RELIGION 207

XXIII. HOPES FOR THE FUTURE 213

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Geronimo _Frontispiece_

How the book was made _Facing page_ vi

Dressed as in days of old 8

Naiche (Natches), son of Cochise, hereditary
chief of the Chiricahua Apaches.
Naiche was Geronimo's lieutenant during
the protracted wars in Arizona 14

Last of the Bedonkohe Apache Tribe, Tuklonnen,
Naedeste, Nah-ta-neal, Porico (White Horse) 18

Work stock in Apache corral 22

The conquered weapon 30

Apache princess, daughter of Naiche, chief
of the Chiricahua Apaches 38

Geronimo, Chihuahua, Nanne, Loco, Ozone 46

Naiche, his mother, his two wives and his
children 50

Asa Deklugie, wife and children 66

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